Sara Garcia Duran

SARA DURAN focuses her practice on complex corporate and transactional matters, including representing private equity sponsors and public and private companies in connection with leveraged buyouts, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures, and other corporate matters. In addition to her transactional work, Sara also advises clients with respect to a broad range of corporate and securities law matters, including general corporate governance matters, fiduciary duties, and SEC reporting and disclosure issues. Sara has represented clients across a wide range of industries, such as industrials, technology, healthcare technology, financial services, business services, engineering, and consumer retail. 

Sara’s range, experience, and results have earned her significant recognition, including being named to The Deal’s “Women in Dealmaking” for M&A (2022 and 2023). She has also been recognized as a “Top Latino Lawyer” by Latino Leaders Magazine (2020–2022). Sara was selected by D Magazine as one of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas” (2017, 2019–2025) and recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for her work in Corporate Law (2018–2022, 2026). 

Sara serves as a member of the investment committee of the Texas Women’s Foundation and is a former member of the board of directors of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. Additionally, she was named a 2016 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow.

Sara holds a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, where she graduated with honors, and a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where she graduated magna cum laude.

• Blackbaud, Inc. – Sale of EVERFI, a digital learning platform that offers education and workplace solutions.
• IDEX Corporation — Acquisition of Mott Corporation, a leading designer and manufacturer of sintered porous material structures and flow control solutions.
• Rexel USA, Inc. — Acquisition of Talley, Inc., a distributer of wireless infrastructure products, services, and solutions in the U.S.
• IDEX Corporation — Acquisition of STC Material Solutions, an integrated provider of advanced material science solutions, from Artemis.
• IDEX Corporation — Acquisition of Iridian Spectral Technologies, a global leader in designing and manufacturing thin-film, multi-layer optical filters.
• IDEX Corporation — Acquisition of micro-precision technology manufacturing company Muon B.V. and its subsidiaries from Rivean Capital. 
• The Arnold Companies — Sale of its TAC Air division to Signature Aviation, the world’s largest network of fixed-base operators (FBOs).
  
• Rexel USA, Inc. — Acquisition of Horizon Solutions, an industrial automation distributor in the Northeast Region.
• Omnicell, Inc. — Acquisition of ReCept Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of specialty pharmacy management services for health systems, clinics, and physicians’ groups.
• Omnicell, Inc. — Acquisition of MarkeTouch Media, a pharmacy software solutions provider.
• Blackbaud, Inc. — Acquisition of EVERFI, Inc., an international technology company driving social impact through education to address challenging issues affecting society, ranging from financial wellness to mental health, to workplace conduct and other critical topics.
• IDEX Corporation — Acquisition of Nexsight, LLC and its market leading businesses, Envirosight, WinCan, MyTana, and Pipeline Renewal Technologies.
• Grove Collaborative — Business combination with Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company, with an implied pro forma enterprise value of US$1.5 billion.
• Rexel USA — Acquisition of Mayer Electric, a top distributor of electrical products and services.
• Omnicell, Inc. — Acquisition of FDS Amplicare, a provider of industry-leading financial management, analytics, and Medicare plan selection solutions.
• Tepha Inc. — Sale of Tepha, a leading developer and manufacturer of a proprietary resorbable polymer technology (Poly 4-hydroxybutyric acid, P4HB), to Becton, Dickinson and Company.
• Private Equity Buyer Group — Acquisition, through a consortium, of Wells Fargo’s approximately US$10 billion student loan portfolio.
• IDEX Corporation — Acquisition of Airtech Group, Inc., U.S. Value Corporation, and related entities from investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital.
• Omnicell, Inc. — Acquisition of Pharmaceutical Strategies Group’s 340B Link business, which enables pharmacy inventory management capabilities for efficient, compliant management of 340B programs.
• Rexel USA — Divestiture of its Gexpro Services business unit to LKCM Headwater Investments.
• TPG Capital LP — Acquisition of a noncontrolling stake in Kelsey-Seybold Management Services, the management services organization serving multi-specialty group practice Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group.
• General Electric Company (GE) — Sale of GE’s direct and indirect interests in GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment LLC to Silex Systems Limited and Cameco Corporation.
• GE — Sale of GE’s Current division to American Industrial Partners.
• OMERS –– Investment in National Veterinary Associates, a portfolio company of Ares Management.
• BH Global Aviation LP (an affiliate of Britton Hill Partners) —– Sale of its interest in Hawker Pacific Airservices Limited to Eagle Enterprise, Inc. (an affiliate of General Dynamics Corporation).
• Summit Partners — Sale of Casino Miami, a state-of-the-art Vegas-style casino, to affiliates of the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.
• Apollo Global Management (AGM) — Acquisition, through a consortium, of Fortress Investment Group’s ownership in OneMain Financial.
• AGM — Acquisition, through a consortium, of Voya Insurance and Annuity Company, including Voya’s closed block variable annuity business.
• Dell — Sale of the technology and team of Dell EMC Service Assurance Suite, comprised of software spanning network health, performance monitoring, and root cause analysis for communications service providers and their customers, to VMware, Inc.
• Wilsonart — Acquisition of Laminate Works Dallas, a manufacturer of decorative high pressure laminate panels.
• Vertera Spine — Sale of Vertera Spine, a privately held medical device company developing interbody implants for spinal fusion, to NuVasive, Inc., a leading medical device company.
• Wilsonart — Acquisition of KML, a Tacoma-based manufacturer of decorative surfaces and panels.
• OMERS — Acquisition of a minority stake in National Veterinary Associates, Inc., an independent owner and operator of veterinary hospitals, pet boarding, and day care centers in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
• Dell Boomi — Acquisition of ManyWho, a unified cloud and low-code development platform.
• GE — Strategic alliance with AT&T, related to intelligent cities solutions.
• Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. — Acquisition of Conwed Plastics, LLC, a leading producer of engineered resin-based netting solutions.
• PRA Group (formerly known as Portfolio Recovery Associates) — Divestiture of PRA’s Government Services fee-for-service business.
• Harvest Partners and Dental Care Alliance (DCA) — Strategic acquisition by DCA, one of the country’s largest dental support organizations, of Konikoff Dental Associates, a leading Virginia provider of dental services.
• GE — Acquisition of Alstom, SA’s power and grid businesses, formation of GE’s “Grid” joint venture with Alstom, and the restructuring of related joint ventures and commercial alliances.
• PRA Group (formerly known as Portfolio Recovery Associates) — Investment in RCB Investimentos S.A., a São Paulo-based company involved in the acquisition and servicing of nonperforming consumer loans throughout Brazil.
• Dell Inc. — Confidential divestiture of multinational business unit.
• Dell Inc. — Acquisition of StatSoft, Inc., a developer of analytics software products and solutions.
• Summit Partners — Sale of portfolio company Tippman Sports, a manufacturer of high-performance paintball markers and accessories.
• Darling Ingredients — General M&A, corporate governance, and securities compliance advice.
• OMERS/USIC — Acquisition by United States Infrastructure Corporation (USIC), a portfolio company of OMERS, of Consolidated Utility Services, Inc.; subsequent sale by OMERS of USIC.
• OMERS — Divestiture of Nordco, a portfolio company of OMERS.
• Thomas H. Lee (THL) — Acquisition by THL of CompuCom Holding Corp., a leading IT outsourcing company.
• Berkshire Partners (Berkshire) — Acquisition by Berkshire of majority interest in a joint venture for the purpose of building, purchasing, and operating cell towers and related infrastructure in Perú, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador.
• ALFA, S.A.B. de C.V. — Strategic acquisition by Tenedoras Nemak S.A., a subsidiary of Alfa (one of Mexico’s leading industrial companies), to acquire J.L. French Automotive Castings, Inc.
• Archipelago Learning, Inc. (Archipelago) — Take-private transaction involving the acquisition of Archipelago by Plato Learning, Inc., a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, LLC.
• Environmental Resources Management (ERM) — Sale, under a scheme of arrangement, including a management buyout, of a majority stake in UK-based environmental consultancy ERM by private equity firm Bridgepoint to Charterhouse Capital Partners.
• General Electric Capital Corporation (GE Capital) — Sale of GE Capital’s equipment rental services franchise, with the largest trailer fleet in Mexico, to Linzor Capital Partners.
• GE Capital — Sale of GE Capital’s consumer mortgage business in Mexico to Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico.
• Lindsay Goldberg, LLC — Acquisition of majority interest, through an REIT, in Aviv Healthcare Properties Limited Partnership, one of the largest owners of skilled nursing facilities in the United States.
• Crescent Resources, LLC — Pre-arranged plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, including the restructuring of a US$1.525 billion credit facility.
• Sigma Alimentos, S.A. de C.V. — Investment-grade offering of US$250 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes.
• BancTec, Inc. — Initial private offering of common stock for leader in financial transaction automation and business process outsourcing.
• Key Plastics L.L.C. — Financial restructuring under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code.
• Ewing Management Group — Sale of Key Safety Systems to Crestview Partners.
  

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

• Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Executive Leadership Program Certification, 2025.